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Additional note and rest formatting
5. If needed, adjust the beam appearance (see “Manual
adjustment of beams” on page 550).
Cross staff beaming with the beam in the middle.
As the name of the option already implies, Display In Staff
does not move the affected notes to another track, but
merely displays them as if they belonged to the other staff.
Handling beam groups
There are two settings for groups under a beam, Beam
Subgroups and 16th Subgroups, both found on the Op-
tions tab on the Score Settings–Staff page. If “Beam Sub-
groups” is activated, the program displays subgroups after
four sixteenth notes under a beam. If you also activate “16th
Subgroups”, subgroups appear after only two sixteenths.
“Beam Subgroups” off, on and on with “16th Subgroups” activated.
Beam appearance and slant settings
Global settings
On the Score Settings–Project page (Notation Style sub-
page), you will find the following three options for beam
appearance in the Beams category:
• Thick Beams.
Activate this if you want beams to be displayed as thick lines.
• Show Small Slants as Flat Beams.
When this is activated, beams that would be only slightly slanted will be
displayed flat.
Without and with “Show Small Slants as Flat Beams”.
• Slanted Beams only Slightly Slanted.
Activate this if you only want a slightly slanted beam even though there
might be a significant pitch difference between the notes under the beam.
Without and with “Slanted Beams only Slightly Slanted”.
Staff settings
On the Options tab of the Score Settings–Staff page, you
will find a couple of settings for beams as well.
Manual adjustment of beams
For very detailed control you can manually adjust the
beam slant:
1. Group and flip notes and adjust the settings described
above until the beams are as close as possible to how you
want them.
2. Click on the corner made up by the beam and the
stem.
A handle appears on the corner of beam and stem.
A beam handle.
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Please note that these settings apply equally to all
staves.
Option Description
Flat Beams Activate this when you don’t want any slant at all, no matter
the pitch difference of the notes under the beams.
No Beams Activate this when you don’t want any beams at all.